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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Marie perform on the boat?
(a) Captain.
(b) Cook.
(c) Deckhand.
(d) Maid.

2. What keeps Claire from asking the boat worker the questions she would like to ask him about Elsewhere?
(a) She thinks that asking such questions is rude.
(b) She thinks that asking such questions will make him think she is flirting with him.
(c) She thinks that asking such questions is probably against the rules of the community.
(d) She thinks that asking such is probably against the rules of the boat workers' union.

3. Of what actions does the funny face shared by Claire and her son consist?
(a) Tongue pushed into cheek and nose scrunched.
(b) Hands splayed next to ears and tongue out.
(c) Tongue out and eyes squeezed shut.
(d) Eyes wide open and teeth bared.

4. What skill does Dimitri explain is unique to humans?
(a) Contemplating.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Drawing.

5. What reason does Claire give for her son's lack of distress upon her departure?
(a) He knows she will be back.
(b) He has not formed attachments to anyone.
(c) He knows his mother would never leave him permanently.
(d) He loves the male Nurturer.

6. What is the process of birthing called in the community?
(a) The Happening.
(b) The Blessed Event.
(c) The Duty.
(d) The Task.

7. At what age had Claire been selected as a Birthmother?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

8. What excuse does the male Nurturer give when leaving work early on the last day Claire's son is at the Nurturing Center?
(a) He says he has a headache.
(b) He says he has a stomachache.
(c) He says he is sad about the child's coming murder.
(d) He says he has a feeling that his son Jonas needs him.

9. When Claire is at lunch and is surprised at her table mate's comment that going into labor causes pain, what word does she tell her table mate had been used within her instruction instead?
(a) Unease.
(b) Tingling.
(c) Cramping.
(d) Discomfort.

10. Claire's older brother had been selected to work in what department within the community?
(a) The Department of Labor.
(b) The Department of Law and Justice.
(c) The Department of Finance.
(d) The Department of Transportation.

11. In what month of the year does the Ceremony always take place in the community?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) February.
(d) December.

12. How many months after his birth does Claire teach her son to say her name aloud?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

13. Why do the children in the schoolyard gaze curiously at Claire when she is on her way to the Fish Hatchery?
(a) She is riding a bicycle and everyone else walks.
(b) She is riding a tandem bicycle with no one in the second seat.
(c) She is riding a scooter and everyone else drives cars.
(d) She is walking and everyone else rides bicycles.

14. What class had Claire and Sophia been in together at school?
(a) Math.
(b) Language.
(c) Science.
(d) English.

15. When Claire finds herself trying to analyze her own feelings for the very first time, what adjective does she use to describe the one emotion she has always felt?
(a) Peace.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Tranquility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Claire had never volunteered at the Nurturing Center, where had she spent most of her required volunteer time as a child?

2. What reason does Sophia give Claire for the Nurturing Center staff not wearing nametags?

3. What is Claire's family's least favorite delivered meal?

4. During what times does Claire take her walks in order to run into the male Nurturer with her son in tow?

5. Where does Claire's son sleep when the male Nurturer takes him home at night?

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